WESTCHESTER YOUTH SOCCER LEAGUE
32 Elm Pl – Ste 1-S
Rye, NY 10580
Tel: (914) 235-5110/ fax: (914) 235-5323
The Preliminary Seedings for the WYSL’s Spring 2026 season are complete. Thanks to all the Club Officials, Team Coaches and Managers who met with Lee and reviewed the requests for your teams. We did the best we could with the information you gave us.
All team applications must now be entered online, so we can put teams in divisions and so clubs can enter field data. Without an application, teams can’t be placed in divisions and clubs can’t enter field data.
We could not satisfy all requests. There were many judgment calls to balance competition and to handle the traditional promotion and demotion. We try to place an even number of teams in each division. A division with an odd number of teams will need weekly "byes" and "TBS games" both of which complicate the schedule and are difficult to set. We aim to have Premier divisions of six teams, but we do not always succeed.
Division sizes change season to season and sometimes divisions are merged. Some divisions had too few teams and were combined with the division above or below and the divisions renumbered or renamed. This was unavoidable. So, teams may be in a “higher” or “lower” division number or color than expected. Please look to see WHO you are seeded with, not just the division name. We will change a seeding if a team can make a legitimate case. The four items listed below are necessary to have a change request considered:
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The change request must be in writing, BY EMAIL, to the Seeding Committee, the scheduler, and the registrar, Lee D’Argenio. Our email addresses are listed at the bottom.
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The change request MUST INCLUDE the “other side of the trade.” In other words, you must tell us who to swap for your requested move, i.e. who should drop down (if you want to move up) or who should move up (if you want to drop down). A request to move without a suggested trade does not offer us much information and will likely be rejected. Do your homework and we will listen and possibly make the change that you desire.
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The change must be compelling. There has to be a good reason to make the change.
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The change request must be RECEIVED by all three of us (listed at the bottom) by 2:00 PM on Wednesday, February 11th. This gives you seven (7) days to review and respond.
If any of these four are not included, we are UN-likely to consider any request. Change requests are never easy. Please realize that we may deny your change request because of division size or alignment issues. Seven and five team divisions have poor competition patterns. Nine and eleven team divisions aren’t great. So, if we can’t find a team to switch, you may stay where you are. Over the seasons, teams move up and down to find the best competitive level.
We ask each Club President to circulate these Preliminary Seedings to all their coaches. We will finalize and post the final seedings by Friday, February 13th, after hearing from the Clubs and review by the committee.
We need all field information by Friday, February 20th. You may start to enter your fields info after February 5th, IF we have an application entered into a division on GotSoccer.
After all team and field data is in, the GotSoccer computer and Terry Benson, the League Scheduler, will prepare the Preliminary Schedule. The Preliminary should be published by Monday, March 9th. Clubs will have a week to review the Prelim - by March 16th.
From publication of the Final Schedule (March 22nd) until the first game (April 12th), teams may agree to change any game and notify the league. April 12th is a hard deadline. Once the season starts, games change for very limited reasons.
Thanks for your help in the seeding process. It’s the key to good competition.
WYSL Seedings Committee Chairman:
Rich Corvino – rcorvino@manhattansc.orgLeague Officials:
Lee D'Argenio, Registrar – ldargenio@wyslsoccer.orgTerry Benson, Scheduler – terrybenson@nyc.rr.com